Political Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Berkeley

These are the lower-division Political Science courses UC Berkeley expects you to finish before you transfer, taken from the 2025–26 ASSIST agreement, and matched to the Foothill College courses that satisfy each one.

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13UC Berkeley requirements
13have a Foothill College match
13offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Berkeley requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
DATA C8 Foundations of Data ScienceC S 8A
HISTORY 4A The Ancient Mediterranean WorldHIST 4A
HISTORY 4B Medieval EuropeHIST 4B
HISTORY 5 European Civilization From the Renaissance to the PresentHIST 4C
HISTORY 7A The United States from Settlement to Civil WarHIST 17B + HIST 17A
HISTORY 7B The United States from Civil War to PresentHIST 17B + HIST 17C
HISTORY 8A Becoming Latin America, 1492 to 1824HIST 8
HISTORY 8B Modern Latin AmericaHIST 8
HISTORY 12 The Middle EastHIST 18
POL SCI 1 Introduction to American PoliticsPOLS C1000
POL SCI 4 Introduction to Political TheoryPOLI 3Hor POLI 3
POL SCI 5 Introduction to International RelationsPOLI 15Hor POLI 15
POL SCI 2 Introduction to Comparative PoliticsPOLI 2or POLI 2H

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Berkeley as the receiving institution, and Political Science as the major. ASSIST is the only official source, and agreements change between catalog years.

Which of these you can actually take in 2025–26

Matched against the official Foothill College schedule for 2026 Fall and 2027 Winter. Seat status changes daily — the planner shows the live figures.

CourseTermCRNInstructorStatus
C S 8A2026 Fall21435Eric ReedClosed
C S 8A2026 Fall22423Daniel KauffmanOpen
C S 8A2027 Winter32332Hanan IbrahimOpen
C S 8A2027 Winter32577Hanan IbrahimClosed
HIST 4A2026 Fall20902Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4B2027 Winter30667Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4C2026 Fall20369David BushClosed
HIST 17B2026 Fall20040Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17B2027 Winter31531Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17B2027 Winter32823Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17A2026 Fall20520Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17A2026 Fall20368Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter31346Bill ZiegenhornClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter33395Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17C2026 Fall20041Steve BathamOpen
HIST 17C2026 Fall20042Bill ZiegenhornWaitlist
HIST 17C2027 Winter30691Steve BathamClosed
HIST 182026 Fall22223Dolores DavisonClosed
POLS C10002026 Fall21472Joel PowellOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall21474Kimberly KeenanWaitlist
POLS C10002026 Fall21475Sara CallowClosed
POLS C10002027 Winter32865Kerri RyerClosed
POLI 3H2026 Fall22111Thomas MeredithWaitlist
POLI 3H2027 Winter30930Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32026 Fall20994Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32027 Winter30929Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 152027 Winter32964Kerri RyerClosed
POLI 22026 Fall20607Sara CallowWaitlist
POLI 22027 Winter30931Sara CallowClosed
POLI 22027 Winter33287Sara CallowClosed
ASSIST is the official source for UC articulation, but it tells you which courses count, not when they run or who teaches them. The planner puts both together and warns you about time conflicts.
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